Milton and the Ends of Time
Published on 17. February 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
266 pages
978-0-521-18004-7 (ISBN)
Description
In Milton and the Ends of Time, a team of leading international scholars addresses Milton's treatment of millennial and apocalyptic ideas, topics of major importance in the religious and philosophical thought of his day. The subject has wide-ranging ramifications for the interpretation of Milton's poetry and prose, as his speculations on the ends of time played a vital part in shaping the Miltonic quest and vision. This collection thinks critically about Milton's eschatology by arguing that Milton expressed radical millenarian views after the Restoration and by demonstrating the pervasiveness of apocalyptic ideas in Milton's thought. It also provides a broad range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives; approaches include Milton and the visual arts, Milton's politics and theology, Milton and science and comparative poetics. This volume will be of interest to literary, religious and political historians of the seventeenth century, as well as Milton specialists.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a fascinating, carefully argued book, taking Milton's 'monism' in a different direction, and it will need to be engaged by those who write on or teach Milton." Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 "The high quality and diverse disciplines represented in the volume will appeal to scholars in many fields as well as stimlating new readings by Miltonists. The work adds a necessary contribution to the complex field of seveteenth-century eschatology." Renaissance Quarterly, Margaret J. ArnoldMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-18004-7 (9780521180047)
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Juliet Cummins
Milton and the Ends of Time
Book
05/2003
Cambridge University Press
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Person
Juliet Lucy Cummins is Lecturer in English in the School of Humanities at the University of Western Sydney. She has published essays on literary and legal topics in various journals including Milton Studies.
Content
List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: 'Those thoughts that wander through eternity' Juliet Cummins; Part I. Millennium: 1. Milton and the Millennium Barbara K. Lewalski; 2. Mede, Milton and More: Christ's College Millenarians Sarah Hutton; 3. Milton and Millenarianism: from the Nativity Ode to Paradise Regained Stella P. Revard; 4. Astronomical signs in Paradise Lost: Milton, Ophiucus and the Millennial debate Malabika Sarkar; 5. The Millennial moment: Milton vs 'Milton' William B. Hunter; 6. Confusion: the apocalypse, the millennium John T. Shawcross; Part II. Apocalypse: 7. John Martin's apocalyptic illustrations to Paradise Lost Beverley Sherry; 8. The enclosed garden and the apocalypse: immanent versus transcendent time in Milton and Marvell Catherine Gimelli Martin; 9. Matter and apocalyptic transformations in Paradise Lost Juliet Cummins; 10. 'New heavens, new earth': apocalypse and the loss of sacramentality in the Postlapsarian books of Paradise Lost Claude N. Stulting, Jr; 11. The apocalypse in Paradise Regained Ken Simpson; 12. Inspiration and melancholy in Samson Agonistes Karen Edwards; Afterword: 'The Time is Come' David Loewenstein.